Showing posts with label Bernie Sanders. Show all posts
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Monday, March 16, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Did Tucker Set Up the Ayatollahs?

Almost too good to be true. From Sundance at CTH, Tucker Carlson Notes the CIA Monitoring His Communication with Iran Officials for Potential DOJ Referral. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Did Tucker Carlson Just Get Caught Giving the Iranian Regime Intelligence? At PJM, Matt Margolis hears Tucker Carlson Claims He’s the Subject of Criminal Probe Over Iran and Scott Pinsker hears a New Theory Emerges: Was the Supreme Leader Set up by a Leaker Named… Tucker Carlson? Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain, "If the CIA knew that he was talking to the Iranians, then President Trump would have known that also, when he invited Tucker into the Oval a few days before the strike. Which means Trump may have used Tucker to deceive the Iranians about the likelihood of an impending attack." Quote Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson, "When you discover the CIA has been reading your texts in order to frame you for a crime." Wayne Root - Wayne Allyn Root - TV & Radio Host @RealWayneRoot, "The story gets even juicier. The word is Tucker is invited to WH by Trump. President tells him not to worry. We are bluffing. We have no intension of bombing Iran ever again. It's all a bluff to bring Iran to table. Tucker runs back to Mullahs & tells them our plan. CIA is listening to Tucker's call. Got him dead to rights for espionage & treason. But best part of story...Tucker emboldens Mullahs. They have no fear because now they know Trump was bluffing- they got it straight from Tucker who was in Oval Office w/Trump. They let their guard down. Then Trump bombs them & kills them all. The plan worked perfectly. Tucker was used like a fool by Trump. And outed as traitor. If all true, this is one of great military plans of all time. Tucker gave the enemy bad info. He got them killed! Tucker should spend decades in prison for aiding enemy. Irony- he hates Jews so much. He just became a modern day Julius & Ethel Rosenberg! What a "MOTHER TUCKER." Let's see how it plays out. In USA, no one is guilty until court of law says so. Except Democrat scumbags who opened border to destroy USA. They're guilty." Now whether or not this is a crime depends on the circumstances and conditions of the Trump/Tucker meet. It certainly would indicate that you can't trust Tucker with any sensitive information.

At Hat Hair, Josh Hammer wants to know What Is Victory in Operation Epic Fury?. It's a reasonable question. Brian Kennedy explains Why Attack Iran Now? The View From North Central Idaho is that they are A Solidly, Aggressively Patient Threat. Paul A. Szypula @Bubblebathgirl, "Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) admits Iran had enough uranium to make nuclear bombs because of Joe Biden but that was fine because Iran’s missiles couldn’t yet reach the US. That’s what Democrats thought was acceptable. Good grief."

Roger Simon at American Refugee explains What US Taking Kargh Island Will Mean "U.S. Marines taking control of Kargh Island, from which Iran exports 90% of the oil products that dominate its economy, might not end the war altogether—there will still be outliers; Iran is a big place—but it would go a long way towards doing so." News Wax reads the WSJ: Trump to Announce Ship Escort Coalition in Hormuz and reports Trump Warns NATO Faces 'Very Bad Future' If Allies Fail to Help US in Iran. Sundance hears President Trump Calls on Oil Dependent Nations to Send Military Ships to Backstop Security in Hormuz. AEI thinks the Strait of Hormuz Energy Crisis Offers Another Reason to Repeal the Jones Act.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair must watch CBS: US Intel Showed Even Khamenei Thought Nepo Babytollah Was Incompetent. "Other than that, Nepo Babytollah is the perfect choice! And actually, he was, because the IRGC groomed this unaccomplished dullard specifically for this moment. The military-industrial core of the regime made Mojtaba their protegé with the express purpose of co-opting the theocracy as cover for a full-on military junta. Khamenei's sudden death gave the IRGC its opportunity." Sundance is stunned, Canadian Prime Minister Boasts About Blocking 10,000 IRGC Members from Entering Country "Now, why would 10,000 Iranian Revolutionary Guards think it was a solid option to exit the conflict for safety in Canada?"

Leslie Eastman at LI thinks Space Force Proves Its Worth as Trump’s Vision Pays Off During Epic Fury, Midnight Hammer "The Space Force that Democrats sneered at is now saving American lives and protecting our allies from hostile missile fire." True, but the same people would also be doing it had they stayed in the other armed forces. Hopefully they're doing it better here. KC-10 Driver B-737 Wrangler @MCCCANM, "The “decision” to remove parachutes from the KC-135 was made in 2008, in the wake of the “Great Financial Crisis” (GFC). Adam had to know about it then…we all did. It was controversial at the time. AMC was on a fuel-savings tear, as the pentagon budget was reduced. They published the pamphlet “Birds fly free, AMC doesn’t” & established a review process for how much fuel you landed with. If it was deemed excessive, you were supposed to be counseled. Thankfully the KC-10 community generally scoffed at this. You could carry extra fuel & justify it a number of ways…but if you ran out of fuel due to unforeseen circumstances, you can bet you’d be hammered by leadership…if you survived. The chances of being able to bail out of a KC-135 successfully are low. It had a special escape slide, but even that was iffy. This is not the movies…jumping from a jet kills you as you bounce along the fuselage, getting cut in half by antennas, wing or tail, or ingested by the engines. The KC-10 never carried parachutes. This is not even the first KC-135 crash to happen since parachutes were pulled. All of which Adam knows, he just makes money by outraging you & playing politics." Quote Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) @AdamKinzinger "An insane decision made by pentagon bureaucrats and unforgivable x.com/fritzmt/status…" From the NYPO ed board, ‘Lobstergate’ again exposes the ignorant bias of TV’s ‘best and brightest.’

Sundance hosts Sunday Talks – NEC Director Kevin Hassett Outlines Depth of White House Preparatory Plan for Iran Economic Disruption and says All Things Considered – A Good Geopolitical Recap. At Power for the Future, First New U.S. Oil Refinery in 50 Years Coming to Texas - Power The Future. Good, we've let infrastructure stagnate far too long.

From Twitchy, New York Times Heartbroken: Latin America Refuses to Keep Propping Up Castro's Eternal Paradise. Melissa Chen @MsMelChen, "The NYT cannot help but romanticize commie regimes - especially Cuba's It uses the emotionally loaded term "abandonment" to lament the supposed betrayal, like a family turning its back on a troubled relative or a beleaguered symbol of resistance cruelly forsaken. The whole thing is dripping with the kind of sanctimonious leftist framing that treats the brutal, one-party dictatorship as an "ideological lodestar," conjuring images of "longhaired guerrillas" and "revolutionary nostalgia."..." Drew Pavlou @DrewPavlou, "Greta is complaining that Trump won’t allow the Cuban communist dictatorship to import fossil fuels to power their dictatorship What’s the matter Greta, I thought you wanted the planet to go Green!" Politico whines, Colombia’s President Says We Are Heading Toward ‘Extinction’ "In an exclusive interview with POLITICO, the outgoing Colombian president argues the war on drugs has failed and fires back at Donald Trump." Sundance sees Understandable Disappointment with Mexican President Sheinbaum – Trump: “The Cartels are Running Mexico.” At Insty, IF TRUMP WERE AS BAD AS THEY SAY, WOULD THEY HAVE TO LIE TO SCORE POINTS ON HIM?

At Da Mail, Bernie Sanders-backed Senate hopeful backtracks on apology for 'Nazi skull' tattoo insisting it's an 'eminently reasonable skull-and-crossbones'. I mean, who hasn't got a Nazi tattoo by accident? Joe Chalfant at TownHall sees Minnesota Elections Official Finally Admits What We All Knew About Illegals Voting. It's easy, and no one is checking. And, There Have Been Some Crazy Developments on Virginia's Firearms Situation. Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "A man from Bangladesh introduced bill SB749 and got passed, a very extensive gun ban bill in Virginia It’s headed to the governor’s desk to be signed, she’s expected to sign it “Some guy from Bangladesh just banned American citizens from owning firearms in Virginia. Saddam Azlan Salim, a state senator in Virginia, has crafted SB749 banning all types of the possession, sale, etc, of firearms. It has passed the legislation. It's going to the governor's desk, a hardcore leftist, and will most likely sign it..." Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "HOLY CRAP! Virginia Democrats just voted to EXEMPT THEMSELVES from their coming tyrannical gun control laws 2A ONLY gets violated for citizens: “The provisions of this section shall not apply to any member of the General Assembly who leaves a handgun in an unattended motor vehicle pursuant to § 18.2-308.7:1 when such vehicle is parked in any parking structure reserved for members of the General Assembly under § 2.2-1172.” This is insane. Elections have consequences, Virginia!" From Shooting News Week, Let’s Count the Lies VA Assault Weapons Bill Author Saddam Salim Tells in Just Three Paragraphs.

Hat Hair's Betsy McCaughey anticipates Blue-State Suicide, "Leftist Democratic pols calling for states to tax the rich are ignoring the fact that the rich can exit their state, taking jobs, tax revenue and the right to congressional representation with them. The states that fall for the tax-the-rich mania will be left in the dust, with failing economies and shrinking political clout in Congress." 

CA Post ed board, Eric Swalwell is not where he’s supposed to be "Does Rep. Eric Swalwell live with his wife and kids in a posh spread near the Capitol they bought for $1.2 million in 2020? Or does the wannabe gov reside in one rented room in Livermore, Calif. — not far from swanky hotels he frequents — in the district he represents?" "In 2012, Swalwell defeated a 20-term(!) Democratic incumbent to win his current House seat in a campaign centered in part on (wait for it) claims that his opponent lived outside of his district."

Ben Weingarten at RCI peers into The Grey Zone: When Do Protest Observers Become Lawbreaking Participants? Sundance celebrates Eight ANTIFA Members Found Guilty on Multiple Terrorism Charges in Texas – Seven Additional Members Found Guilty of Material Support for Terrorism. At Fox, Brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was Hezbollah commander, Israel alleges "Ayman Muhammad Ghazali carried out Detroit-area attack after Israeli strike eliminated two brothers and other family members, police say."

At NYPo, Vegas police refuse to release violent criminal despite judge’s order: reports. "In court, Goodman set bail at $25,000 and ordered that the suspect must wear a monitoring ankle bracelet which equated to house arrest if he does make bail. On Jan. 29, the police department, which also runs the jail system in the city, told Goodman that they would not release Sanchez-Lopez due to his history of blowing off court appearances and skipping court-ordered rehabilitation programs. Cops cited a 2020 case when the felon ran from cops lugging a gun, and later took to Snapchat to joke about the ankle monitor he was wearing, adding, “got chased again.” Goodman didn’t take the snub lightly, and on Feb. 5 warned that the department and Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill, who heads Metro police, could be cited for contempt of court for defying his order." 

At Da Fed, Ben Weingarten is heartened that the Trump DOJ Is Finally Taking On The Corrupt DC Bar Association.

Insty says it MAKES YOU WONDER WHY ALL THESE COUNTRIES’ GOVERNMENTS ARE PURSUING THIS STRATEGY AGAINST ALL OPPOSITION: Infodex @infodexx, "% of respondents who feel their country takes in too many migrants: Greece: 90% Cyprus: 84% Ireland: 78% Germany: 77% Austria: 77% Bulgaria: 76% Poland: 75% Italy: 74% Belgium: 73% Czechia: 72% Spain: 70% France: 70% Sweden: 70% Finland: 68% Estonia: 68% Lithuania: 63% Latvia: 61% Portugal: 57% Slovakia: 57% Denmark: 57% Romania: 57%" Because they want to import a newer, liberal friendly electorate. 

Sarah Anderson reports Rubio Just Made It Much Easier for Lefties Who Want to Leave the U.S. for Good, by reducing the taxes for leaving. See ya!

Twitchy reports LH Grey Goes OFF on Toads Who Doxxed Cynical Publius in Maybe the Most VICIOUS Post We've Ever Seen on X. LHGrey @grey4626, "Ryan. Hi.... It's me again... how grotesquely arrogant to presume you alone decree whose pseudonym merits protection and whose deliberate veil may be ripped away for sport. Your smug exoneration of the doxxing of Cynical Publius...unmasked by your own War on the Rocks platform...is no dispassionate analysis; it is a venomous apologia for digital vigilantism, a lethal rationalization that courts foreseeable harm to a man whose only “crime” was daring to speak from behind the shield he chose. Spare me your selective historiography and your facile “he benefits” dismissal, complete with not-so-subtle nods to Trump-era sinecures..."

Peter Hague@peterrhague, "Guardian columnist describes the mere existence of a bakery chain run by Jews as “aggression” in order to justify kristallnacht-style attacks on it. Cannot believe they printed this."

Saturday, June 14, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam on Flag Day

It's Flag Day, coincidentally (perhaps) with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US Army, and even more coincidentally, President Trump's 79th birthday, and he's throwing army a parade in the US Capital, and, as can be expected, liberals are in high, or at least middle dudgeon, and hold nationwide anti-Trump, anti-military, and just generally anti everything good demonstrations, called "No King's" rallies. We'll see if they turn into riots. At Twitchy, Hoping for Rain: Tim Walz Compares the U.S. Army’s DC Parade Prep to Something Out of North Korea. Althouse "So this goes back to 2017 when President Trump was in Paris and watched France's Bastille Day military parade. There were tanks..." ""... there were troops, and they're marching down Champs d'Elysee. There were war planes, there were fighter jets. And he watched this with President Emmanuel Macron of France, and he loved it. So he came back and announced to the Pentagon that he wanted his own military parade." And "The uniformed body crystallizes all these associations we have. It makes your chest look broader, your posture straighter, your shoulders stronger. It becomes shorthand for words like manly, strong, brave, dominant." "Said Paul Achter, "an associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Richmond, who has written on 'military chic,'" quoted in "Why Trump Loves a Man in Uniform/As thousands of soldiers prepare to march in President Trump’s military parade, what exactly will we see?" (NYT)."

Unacceptable Jessica Find out about No Kings. "There are people that have a plan to destroy America... Watch this guy’s testimony (click photo). He was offered cash to 'go protest’ in LA. 200 USD/day. There are pallets of bricks being left at sites and these people are being instructed to use them against other human beings. As I have asked previously: Who is paying for this? Peaceful my ass." DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican "JUST RELEASED: Follow the Money Behind the No Kings Rally DataRepublican has launched an interactive, open-source map showing how your tax dollars flow to organizations involved in the No Kings rally. I tracked funding from federal sources to final recipients, prioritizing direct paths (not via DAFs) whenever possible. IMPORTANT: most paths still went through Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs)—the black box of the nonprofit world. Unfortunately, it's a common and opaque funding structure that deserves scrutiny." Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders, "I want to applaud all the patriots who will be participating, as I will, in No King rallies across the country. Americans believe in freedom, not authoritarianism. In 1776 brave Americans took on and defeated the most powerful despot in the world. In 2025 we will do the same." Matt Van Swol @matt_vanswol "This is literally insurrection language. Calling for Americans to take on President Trump in the same way America took on the British is literally calling for an insurrection. How the fuck does Bernie get away with this?????" From WaEx, Liberals are preparing for mass protests this weekend. Here’s how your tax dollars are helping them.

The shooting war between Israel and Iran continues. Stacy McCain One Standard Deviation: How Israel Targeted Iran’s Top Air Force Leaders. "Did you know Jews are smart? I mean, on average, despite such utter dummies as Joy Behar." Dave Strom at Hat Hair, You Thought the Pager Attack Was Amazing? Israel Outdid Itself This Time. Mint, Iran’s Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani killed in Israeli strike, reports say. Who was he? Why waste ammo on cannon fodder when you can reach their leaders. Ace, Israel's Strikes Killed Dozens of High-Ranking Iranian Terror Generals and Nucular Scientists. At Althouse, "Israel launched a stunning series of strikes Friday morning on Iranian nuclear sites and killed several of the nation’s security chiefs, in a remarkable coup of intelligence and military force..." ""... that decapitated Tehran’s chain of command. President Trump warned that further attacks would be 'even more brutal' and redoubled pressure on Iran to reach a new deal to curb its nuclear program.... The attacks also killed top Iranian officials and nuclear scientists and hit Tehran’s long-range missile facilities and aerial defenses." The NYT reports." and “Where is our air defense?”/“How can Israel come and attack anything it wants, kill our top commanders, and we are incapable of stopping it?” "Said Iranian officials in "private text messages shared with The New York Times," quoted in "A Miscalculation by Iran Led to Israeli Strikes’ Extensive Toll, Officials Say/Interviews with half a dozen senior Iranian officials show that they were not expecting Israel to strike before another round of talks" (NYT)." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, NEW: Iranian Retaliatory Strike Hits Tel Aviv; UPDATE: Netanyahu Calls on Iranians to 'Revolt'. Ace, Israel Is Now Bombing Iran's Main Uranium Enrichment Site and Iran Fires Dozens of Missiles at Tel Aviv, Plus: Former Democrat Candidate for Vice President Tim Walz: We Need a Country With "Moral Authority" to Step In to Save Iran from Israel. Oh, I Know Who Has Moral Authority -- China!!! Brit Hume@brithume "Obvious, but not always said: Israel is unmistakably striking military targets in Iran. Iran, as usual, is aiming at civilian targets. Yes there will be civilians killed in the Israeli strikes, but they are not the targets. They are Iran's." 

Trump told the Iranians they had 60 day to agree to dismantle their nuclear weapons program. The attack came on day 61. They can't say they weren't warned. Bonchie at Red State, Trump Drops an All-Time Troll on Iran, As What Happened Behind the Scenes Comes Into View. At LifeZette, Trump Responds to Israeli Attack on Iran ‘Dead Now, and It Will Only Get Worse!’ Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby "BREAKING: Dana Bash: Trump told her, the Iranian hardliners in the talks are now dead. Bash: "Meaning Israel got them?" Trump: "Well they didn't die of covid."" From Sundance at CTH, President Trump Releases Statements Following Israeli Attack on Iranian Nuclear Capabilities and Leadership, Secretary Rubio Draws Distinct Underline of “Unilateral” – First Round Attack Leadership, Second Round Underway, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Gives Speech Outlining Attacks Against Iran – Operation Rising Lion and Remarkable Online Poll Highlights 90 Percent of Respondents Do Not Want USA Involved in Israel War Against Iran. TheBlaze @theblaze "Tim Walz on Israel striking Iran: “Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese.”" From NRO sees An Antisemitic Meltdown by the Online Right’s Israel Foes. Twitchy, 'Sorry for Your and Obama's LOSS'! All of X WRECKS Ben Rhodes for BOO-HOO'ing for His Iranian Besties. Erick Erickson @EWErickson, "I know some people are so broken they will never be able to muster a compliment for Trump, but the level of misdirection and coordination with Israel on this Iran attack was brilliant. Trump used his public platforms to lull Iran into complacency while privately coordinating with Israel. Trump and Netanyahu went so far as to meet privately this week to finalize things while publicly both leaking that Trump was urging restraint." Kurt Schlichter@KurtSchlichter, "Carry your weapon lawfully today. There is a non-zero chance that Iranian infiltrators under Biden will launch terror attacks here and try to make my book come true." Matt Vespa at TownHall sees a CNN Analyst Throws Cold Water on All-Out War Speculations in the Middle East for a Simple Reason "everyone who would be plotting how to retaliate in Iran is dead (Also, no, Ben Rhodes, just no. Log off for a bit):"

Heather McDonald at CJ approves of Trump’s Unapologetic Defense of the Rule of Law. In fact, Rasmussen Reports @Rasmussen_Poll "TODAY - 57% Approve Trump Deploying National Guard in LA Even while President Donald Trump’s immigration policy remains controversial, most voters support his decision to use the National Guard to stop attacks on federal immigration agents in Los Angeles." At the Pop Times CNN Journalists admit Trump’s Popularity Skyrockets Amid LA Violent Riots and Rep. Maxine Waters Shamefully Backpedals, Admits Protests Were Violent, Still Blames Trump. Althouse, Trump asserts that he "saved L.A." A classic Trump overstatement. Most of LA was unaffected. It's a very big city. The OC register reports Marines will take over protection of Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles. Da Fed's Mark Hemingway explains How The L.A. Riots Demonstrate Democrat-Media Complex’s Loss Of Narrative Control. RCP, LA Riots Hand Republicans Script for Midterms. From ET, Protests Against ICE Operations Spread to More Cities. Nick Arama at Red State sees Anti-ICE Agitators Find Out It's Not a Good Idea to Shake the Gates at Newark Facility. From NYPo, Los Angeles anti-ICE rioters are launching the left’s American intifada. Breitbart reports a Republican Senator Proposes Stripping Los Angeles of 2028 Olympics over Anti-ICE Riots. At Da Wire, says if you Want To End The Riots? Hit The Mob Where It Hurts. "As long as rioters know they can act with impunity, the riots will continue."

At NYPo, There’s nothing ‘spontaneous’ about radical ICE protests — here are the groups behind them. WokeSpy reports Democrat Lawmaker Threatens To Put Law Enforcement Lives In Danger For Apparent Publicity Stunt. "House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Wednesday that he will be exposing the identities of ICE agents in what appeared to be a shocking publicity stunt, threatening the lives and wellbeing of possibly thousands of law enforcement officers and their families." Jerry Dunleavy at JTN finds the LA mayor once joined pro-Cuba communist group, now it’s part of CCP-linked network behind protests. "Karen Bass's radical Communist-linked past is coming back to haunt her as the pro-Cuban revolutionary group she was a member of in her youth has joined a Marxist financial network linked to the Los Angeles protests." At Hat Hair, John Sexton reports A Story About ICE Raiding a School Graduation in LA Made the Rounds But Was Entirely False and LA's KTLA 5 Botches a Story on ICE. Althouse, The "Oh no, not work!" guy is so repulsive that I had to wonder if he is an actor deliberately evoking our disgust. Joe Weber at JTN reports GOP-House passes bill to end DC's 'sanctuary' city statutes, "The measure passed 224-194, with 11 Democrats voting with Republicans to pass the measure."

Sundance hosts Border Czar Tom Homan Discusses In-Depth Border Security and Deportation Operations, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Responds to Media Questions About Alex Padilla Ambush Effort and Democrat Senator Alex Padilla Attempts to Ambush DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Forcibly Removed from News Conference. Liz Stauffer at LI laughs at a Dem Senator who Compares Padilla Takedown to John Lewis Fighting for Civil Rights in the 60s, "The “all-white beach club” references relate to Whitehouse’s long-standing membership in the exclusive Bailey’s Beach Club, located in Newport, Rhode Island, whose membership is said to be all white." At PJM Matt Margolis notes Even CNN Couldn't Defend Padilla's Phony Stunt. "CNN's David Chalian didn't mince words about what really happened here and why Padilla was actually there. "I mean, he's there to spark a moment and create attention. There's no doubt this is a, you know, political tactic that he was employing," Chalian admitted with refreshing honesty, not even pretending this was anything other than manufactured drama." Anxious anxiously reports Incensed House Democrats plan ICE funding war. Sundance, President Trump Sends Two Messages on Ongoing Illegal Alien Removals – Criminal Aliens Must be Aggressively Removed, and Non-Criminal Alien Workers May Get Leniency. Althouse finds "The Trump administration has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants..." ""... according to an internal email and three U.S. officials with knowledge of the guidance...." Breitbart cites Rep. Crenshaw: Deport Non-Citizen Rioters Who Assault Cops, but after a long stint in prison. From Fox, Hochul fails to recall illegal aliens charged in high-profile criminal cases, including woman's subway burning.

At NYPo, the Divine Ms. Devine writes The art of Trump’s trade deal with China — how admin got it done. Real Clear World thinks Trump Is Right About European Non-Tariff Trade Barriers. Breitbart sees Tariff Derangement Syndrome Crushed: Producer Price Inflation Comes In Weaker Than Expected. From Fox, Trump scores major win as Senate installs IRS critic to lead the agency. "Former Rep Billy Long will take the helm at the IRS amid Trump's plans to overhaul the US tax system."

Althouse finds Booing or cheering? "From a Reddit discussion of the crowd reaction to Trump's appearance in the audience at the Kennedy Center performance of "Les Miserables": "Honestly it sounds like a mix of both? Boos and cheers/clapping together. Because as disappointing as it is, there is a lot of people who literally reside up Trump’s ass crack & worship this man. I fully despise him and everything he stands for. And the fact that he simultaneously, gets to go to the theater and exist peacefully while terrorizing the immigrant populations in LA & around the US.""

Chris Queen at PJM, Tom Emmer Rakes Tim Walz Over the Coals on Sanctuary State Policies. Alpha News @AlphaNewsMN "Tim Walz is asked: "What is a woman?" He responds: "I'm not sure I understand the question."" At Shooting News Weekly thinks In the End, David Hogg Was Just Too Masculine for a Leadership Position in the DNC.

At ET, Trump Says Musk ‘A Friend of Mine.’ "The president made the comments while signing a bill targeting California’s emissions mandate." Good. Dave Strom USAID Bribery Scandal Nets First Convictions. Sundance reports USAID Official and Three Corporate Executives Plead Guilty to Decade-Long Bribery Scheme.

Matt Vespa at TownHall, About That Judge Who Tried to Strip Trump's Commander-in-Chief Powers Last Night... "Judge Charles Breyer is another member of this unholy fraternity that’s leading this judicial coup. The man tried to—and this is just beyond laughable—wrest the commander-in-chief role from the executive last night. It lasted about 30 seconds before an appeals court slapped it down for gross overreach. It’s become the hallmark characteristic of this cabal of judges who think they’re the entire government. Once again, we have a clown in robes who would fit better as an MSNBC commentator than a judge." Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew "In my review of the decision I don't see where Breyer even addressed this issue. If calling into federal service is a POTUS function, how can he enjoin that decision if he has no jurisdiction over POTUS on separation of powers grounds. That is black letter law." Quote Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "Replying to @Vermeullarmine, "This might be the most shocking part of the decision. Previous resistance judges have at least paid lip service to the longstanding rule that injunctive relief doesn’t lie against the President directly for official acts." Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine "If your reaction to this is that “the process is working,” you’re missing the point. Any one of almost 700 district judges might intervene at any time to block anything the President does, even within the core of his Article II powers. The overhang of uncertainty and confusion about where power lies in our government is toxic in itself." Quote Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney. " Replying to @kyledcheney "BREAKING: 9th Circuit panel grants administrative stay of Judge Breyer's ruling. This allows Trump to keep National Guard deployed for a few more days while three judge panel considers the case." Ben Weingarten at RCI on Tipping the Scales: Why So Many Cases Against Trump Are Heard by Democrat-Appointed Judges. "To see whether Trump’s adversaries are engaging in forum shopping, RealClearInvestigations analyzed 350 cases brought against the administration. We found that plaintiffs have brought 80% of those cases before just 11 of the nation’s 91 district courts. While Democrat presidents have appointed roughly 60% of all active district court judges, each of the 11 district courts where the anti-Trump challenges have been clustered boasts an even higher percentage of Democrat appointees. In several of these venues, the administration’s challengers are almost guaranteed that a judge picked by Joe Biden, Barack Obama, or Bill Clinton will preside over their case." Buck Throckmorton at Ace's thinks that Following Its Ruling Prohibiting Reverse Discrimination in the Workplace, SCOTUS Now Has the Opportunity to Eradicate Reverse Discrimination in Schools. Cam at Bearing Arms hears Connecticut say to Second Circuit Please Ignore What SCOTUS Just Said About AR-15s.

Da Caller, FBI Admits What Its Fmr Director Wouldn’t Say About Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal, "during [Operation Allies Refuge] and [Operation Allies Welcome], the normal processes required to determine whether individuals posed a threat to national security and public safety were overtaken by the need to immediately evacuate and protect the lives of Afghans, increasing the potential that bad actors could try to exploit the expedited evacuation,” the report continued." Ace, The CIA Releases 1,450 Pages of Documents Relating to the Killing of RFK (Senior). "The documents don't look too good for Sirhan Sirhan."

Ace hears CNN May Fire Anderson Cooper and Jake Tapper to Make the Company More Attractive for a Buyer "CNN is making so much money for Warner Discovery that the company is looking to spin it off into another company called "Loser Deadweight Ratings Poison Networks LLC" if my facts are correct. Update: My facts weren't correct. It will be called "Global Networks" or something gay and vague like that. They will be reviewing the exorbitant salaries they're paying proven ratings-disasters like Anderson Cooper. No one wants to buy a dying company until management gets serious about making it at least plausibly profitable in the future." He doesn't exactly sound bummed.

Ace also features The Week In Woke. "Three people are shot or stabbed at the "Pride" rally in DC after "protester" object to prudent security measures and a police presence." From Redux, a Trans-Identified Male Killer Accused of Raping Female Inmate in Illinois Women’s Prison Remains at Facility Despite Officials’ Attempts at Transfer. At AMAC, Why “Pride Month” 2025 Is Falling Flat.

There are tons of links left at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.13.25 (Afternoon Edition), but I don't have time to dig them all out. 

Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links.  The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: In The Sun and FMJRA 2.0: Before The Deluge up on time and under budget at the Other McCain.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Delving Further into Biden's Cancerous Prostate

Are you surprised Joe Biden's prostate gland is still the dominant topic? Fox, Biden's prostate cancer described as 'aggressive' — what to know about the disease's prognosis "Former president's disease is 'hormone-sensitive,' which means it may be more treatable." More on the importance of that, Katie Jerkovich at RedState hears a Top Urologist Tell Megyn Kelly Biden’s Cancer Announcement Has ‘Tell’ This Isn't New, "So, if it was just a week ago, they had the prostate nodule, within a week, they did the biopsy, and they got the disease so very quickly, within all one week, based on the story that they're telling, they've been able to do the staging part and find out if the cancer is spread to the bone or not, but you have to give the injections and see if the patient responds," he added." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair sees WSJ Wonders: How Did Doctors Miss Stage 4 Cancer in Patient #1? NewsMax claims Biden's Last Prostate Blood Screening Done in 2014. "I think the likely scenario, knowing Kevin O'Connor pretty well, is that they had a discussion on what a PSA test is, and they decided not to do one because it would likely be elevated and cause a story, since a lot of older men have high PSAs that are false positives," a long-serving aide to Biden told the Post on Monday. "A blood test has a paper trail," the aide said. "They probably just didn't do the test. I think it would leak if he had a PSA test they tried to bury." LifeZette, Doctors Question Timing of Joe Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis, Don Jr Says ‘Cover Up?’ NYPo, Joe Biden’s WH doctor was a longtime family friend who once worked with his shady brother — as cancer ‘cover-up’ speculation mounts. Matt Vespa at TownHall hears Former Biden WH Staffers Reveal They Knew Something Else Was Off About Joe...and It Wasn't Memory-Related and Did CBS News Really Suggest This Is the Reason Why Biden Wasn't Given a Prostate Cancer Test? to save money? Nick Arama at RedState, Ex-Biden Aides Now Talking, Raise New Questions After Biden's Cancer Diagnosis. PJM's Matt Margolis, White House Insiders Break Silence on Biden Cancer Cover Up. Driscoll at Insty, STEPHEN MILLER: Why Biden’s cancer diagnosis has been greeted by a dose of skepticism. “If there’s no diagnosis, there’s nothing to disclose.” Scott Pinsker at PJM has The Five Biggest Questions of the Biden Health Cover-Up.

Victory Girls claim Joe’s Cancer Diagnosis: This Is Jill’s Fault. "I’m going to be very blunt. This is Jill’s fault. We all know it. Jill wanted to keep her power and privilege flowing. She’s Edith Wilson on steroids." Sister Toldja at RedState, The Whole 'Dr' Jill Debate Comes to a Rather Dramatic - and Fitting - Conclusion: Mollie @MZHemingway "This journalist, who seems to believe Jill Biden has a PhD (it's an EdD), is apparently unaware of the decade-long running joke every non-left-winger has been making about "Dr. Jill Biden." Quote Olga Nesterova @onestpress "Someone pls explain to Don Jr the difference between PhD and MD." 

Western Lensman @WesternLensman "Hakeem Jeffries wants talk of the Biden cognitive coverup shut down. Says it’s “entirely inappropriate” for Republicans to discuss such “conspiracy theories" after the cancer diagnosis. “Republicans want to look backward…Democrats are going to look forward." There it is." At PJM, Rick Moran goes there, Biden's Cancer Announcement Was Timed to Distract From the Cognitive Decline Coverup. Razor@hale_razor "2020: JUST BEING SAFE BC COVID '21: COVID '22: JUST A STUTTER '23: SHARP AS A TACK! 5/2024: BEST HEALTH EVER! 6/2024: WE'RE REPLACING HIM BC A BAD DEBATE 2/2025: He wasn't mentally fit" 5/2025: He wasn't physically fit, stop talking about the past." jimtreacher.substack.com @jtLOL ""Just because we've lied to you over and over doesn't mean we're lying about THIS," explained the journos." The Daily Beast @thedailybeast, "Donald Trump Jr. and MAGAworld quickly pounced on the news of Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis with rampant speculation about a “cover-up” of the true state of the former president’s health. https://trib.al/UpV2793" Twitchy, MANTRUM Alert! Kurt Eichenwald Goes After 'MAGA Morons' in Rage-Filled RANT About Biden's Cancer and ROFL Maximinus Thrax (AKA Pundit Paranoia) @PunditParanoia "Crazy how all you constitutional scholars of last week are now Urology Oncologist experts this week." Dave Strom at Hat Hair says Calls to Lay Off Biden by the Democrats Fall on Deaf Ears, With Good Reason. Bonchie at RedState claims Amid Serious Questions About Biden's Cancer Diagnosis, the Press Has Learned Absolutely Nothing. They never do. WokeSpy, “Big Problem”: Trump Sounds Alarm Over Someone Not Telling the Truth About Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis.

Driscoll cites JIM TREACHER: So, Who Was Really President for Four Years? Alex Jones @RealAlexJones, "BREAKING: Biden Deputy Chief Of Staff Confesses In Undercover Video That Biden Was A Near Vegetable Over The Last Four Years & Was NEVER The President— He Goes On to Name Who the Real President Was!" At Althouse, A bubble-wrapped President protected by a chimera in a mirage in an alternate universe, "I'm trying to read "The Tragedy of Joe Biden" by Maureen Dowd," and "Don't news people have to tell you what they know when they find it out?" "Isn't that the difference between news and a secret?" from John Stewart. Capt. Ed, Stewart on Tapper: Say, Remember When Reporters Actually Reported News When They Found It? and Denial Ain't Just a River in Egypt: Biden Has Nothing to Do With 2028? Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Jake Tapper says he has apologized to Lara Trump, after Megyn Kelly calls him out for for wrongfully smearing her and running cover for Biden: Kelly: Do you want to apologize to Lara Trump now? Tapper: I've already apologized to her. I called her months ago…I called Lara Trump and I said, you were right." Kelly: She was totally right." Matt Vespa, Ex-MSNBC Analyst's Initial Take on the Biden Mental Health Cover-Up Just Had Gasoline Poured on It. Hat Hair's Dave Strom hears Joe Scarborough: No Regrets, What I Saw Was 'Best Biden Ever'. Duanne Patterson at Hat Hair, Absolutely, Positively, Without Question the Dumbest Take You'll See All Day. A high bar indeed. Sundance at CTH, Remember the Stage They Built for Joe Biden? "Everyone in DC knew. No one in Washington DC did not know." Chris Queen at PJM, They Lied to Us. We'll Never Forget It.

Driscoll at Insty, NOW IT CAN BE TOLD: Jake Tapper Absolutely Buries ‘Sleazy’ and ‘Unethical’ Hunter Biden, Questions Why He Had So Much Power in the Family. Jason Cohen @JasonJournoDC, NEW: Jake Tapper GOES SCORCHED EARTH on Hunter Biden TAPPER: "I think he is provably, demonstrably, unethical, sleazy and prone to horrible decisions." COURIC: "Tell me how you really feel." TAPPER: "Just look at the record: after his brother died, he cheated on his wife with his brother’s widow and then got her addicted to crack." @DailyCaller." Sundance is happy to report Govt Weaponization Lead Investigator, Ed Martin, Reviewing Background of the Biden Autopen Pardons.

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.19.25, Louder With Crowder,  Hey, remember when Joe Biden (accidentally?) admitted to having cancer in 2022?Vox Popoli: Joe Biden’s Cancer, "I think Biden #1, the real Biden, died years ago. And while it’s possible that it’s a vaxx-related turbocancer that has simply progressed much faster than normal, I suspect this is just cleaning house now that the Six Bidens are no longer politically valid'," Chicago Boyz: The Real Tragedy of Joe Biden, Dana Loesch: How Long Will The Press Cover For Biden?, Don Surber: Scraping Joe Biden off their shoes, First Street Journal: The left lie through their scummy teeth, The Geller Report: Biden Battling ‘Most Aggressive Type’ of Prostate Cancer with Bone Metastasis, Transterrestrial Musings: Jake Tapper, Victory Girls: The Democrat Professional Racketeers Will Never Apologize To Robert Hur, also, Joe’s Cancer Diagnosis – This Is Jill’s Fault, The Federalist, Relive Karine Jean-Pierre’s Worst Moments Covering Up Biden’s Decline.

Dave Strom, Bernie Sanders Agrees That Democrats Are a Threat to DemocracyDefiant L’s @DefiantLs "“Hasn't been a fair Democratic primary since 2008.. Are they a threat to democracy?” Sanders: “Yeah, I'm not going to argue with that”" From Hat Hair VIP, John Sexton hears Democrats Have Big Money Plans to 'Achieve Narrative Dominance'. At Breitbart, Trump Calls for ‘Major Investigation’ into Whether Kamala Harris Paid for Endorsements from Beyoncé, Springsteen, Oprah. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.19.25, Louder With Crowder, Bernie Sanders admits OUT LOUD that Democrats are the ones who are a threat to democracy,  American Thinker: Want to Understand the Modern Democrat Party? Look no Further than Apocalyptic Cults, BattleSwarm: Why Democrats Won’t Go On Podcasts

Ben Whedon at JTN reports Trump says 'Golden Dome' missile defense shield with be online by end of term, ""We will truly be completing the job that President Reagan started 40 years ago, forever, ending the missile threat to the American homeland," he added." ET, Trump Unveils $175 Billion Plan for ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense System. I applaud the attempt, but I don't believe it can be done in 4 years. Jeff Charles at TownHall, Pete Hegseth Just Launched an Investigation That May Change Everything We Know About Afghanistan Debacle. From the Center Square, Secret Service, DOD, Coast Guard, Border Patrol applications surge under Trump.

Misty Severi at JTN hears the House Speaker predicts chamber will vote on Trump budget before Friday, "Johnson has been negotiating with GOP holdouts over the past week, but said recent progress could put the House on track to pass a rule governing the bill on Wednesday and a final vote no later than Thursday." Dave Strom writes In Defense of Thomas Massie, one of the holdouts. Sundance hosts President Trump Delivers Remarks After Meeting with Republican Conference on Budget and Tax Bill. OTP, Trump On Medicaid: “No Changes Will Be Made.” At the Peacock, Ray Dalio says the risk to U.S. Treasurys is even greater than what Moody’s is saying. "Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio said Moody’s downgrade of the U.S. credit rating does not take into account the risk of the federal government printing money to pay its debt." And, China’s retail sales disappoint as stimulus fails to spur demand; industrial output defies tariffs. From Da Blaze, Senate unanimously codifies Trump's 'No Tax on Tips' policy. Breitbart sees Promises Made, Promises Kept: Memorial Day Set For Lowest Gas Prices in Over 20 Years

Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh, "LMAO!!! TRUMP: "I'll shove it up their a*s!" HE JUST WENT OFF! "I said [during term 1], man, I won't be president! I got the Olympics [2028] and the World Cup [2026], and I won't be president, and they're gonna forget that I got them, nobody's gonna mention it, because you know, that's the way life is..." "And then they rigged the election. And then I said, you know what I'll do? I'll run again, and I'll shove it up their a*s." "And that's what I did. And all of a sudden, I then realized, I said, you know what? I got the Olympics. I got the World Cup, and I got the 250th. Look at the way this works out." At Althouse, "I don't even know what the hell that is. Get yourself a real job." From Fox, Kid Rock hails Trump as 'dragon slayer' battling wokeness and cancel culture. Don Surber, It is not Trump they fear, it’s you. "He just has the nukes." At Ace's The Morning Rant: Negotiating like The “Donald” Lesson 1 [Pete Bog] "One of the key lessons to negotiating like the Donald is to keep your opponent guessing. If you pay attention you will see that he runs the exact same playbook every time he sets out to accomplish something. He makes a brash claim or laughable statement. Say for example, “The US should own Greenland, it is our destiny!” Of course, the Danish hoi polloi, and the useful predictable press wail and scream. But with whom is Trump negotiating?"


Susie Moore at RedState, 'This Is a District Court—Not a Denny’s': 5th Circuit Responds to SCOTUS in TdA Case and Hoo Boy. Varad Mehta@varadmehta, "Judge Ho, of course, is entirely correct. The more John Roberts keeps this up, the more likely it is that the political branches alter Article III's place in our constitutional order." Quote Josh Blackman@JoshMBlackman "Fifth Circuit Assigns A.A.R.P. v. Trump To New Panel For Reargument, Judge Ho Concurs. "I worry that the disrespect they have been shown will not inspire continued respect for the judiciary, without which we cannot long function." https://reason.com/volokh/2025/05" Varad Mehta @varadmehta, "Ho is at worst No. 2 right now for the next SCOTUS opening, and even if he were appointed solely to be a stake driven through John Roberts' scrotum, that in and of itself would be reason enough to appoint him." Am Great, Sen. John Kennedy: SCOTUS Should Seize Chance to Eliminate Universal Injunctions. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, SCOTUS Sides With Maine Rep Silenced for Defending Girls' Sports From Men in Skirts. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.19.25, BattleSwarm, Federal Court Strikes Down Biden Tranny Business Guidelines. WUWT, ‘Not Judiciable By Any Court’: Pennsylvania Court Tosses County’s Climate Lawsuit.


Sundance, Within President Trump’s “Russiagate” Declassification Request There Are Two Important Document Sets That DNI Tulsi Gabbard Needs to Release "… And Director Gabbard may not know they exist." Susie Moore has a Tuesday Morning Minute: Just a Simple Unfrozen Caveman FBI Director. Misty Severi, Trump Justice Department opens probe into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. "The investigation is allegedly following up on a referral from House Oversight Chairman James Comer, who has repeatedly asked the Justice Department to investigate statements Cuomo made to a House subcommittee years ago."

At Da Signal, Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump’s Bid to Revamp Institute of Peace. @amuse @amuse "DOGE: The United States Institute of Peace was anything but peaceful. When Trump's team arrived the agency fought tooth and nail to prevent entry. Once the DOGE team was inside they found crew served weapons, pallets of cash, and witnessed agency officials deleting terabytes of evidence. Trump-hating Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the president had no right to shutdown the CIA front agency operating in the heart of Washington DC." From WUWT, Energy Department Could Ax Costly Renewable Energy Offices. Sean Davis@seanmdav "These people truly believe they are entitled to permanent power, wealth, and job security via federal government employment. After reading this ridiculous article, the only logical conclusion you can reach is that fed layoffs need to be way higher." Quote Sean Davis @seanmdav, "Every word of this Washington Post meltdown about DOGE, up to and including the name of the name of the bureaucrat in the lead anecdote (Dick Midgette), is comedy gold."





NYPo, High school female track star poses on first-place podium after finishing second to trans athlete: ‘Real champ!’ "Reese Hogan, 16, was crowned runner-up in the triple jump at the CIF Southern Section Finals on Saturday — despite setting a new personal record for herself and Crean Lutheran High School at 37 feet, 2 inches. Standing in first place, junior trans athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley, who won titles in the girls’ long jump and triple jump, posed with competitors to take pictures on the podium."
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